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Hi there again fellow reader!

Now, you have already seen the swatches to the first three polishes from the OPI Coca-cola Travel Exclusive mini collection. Here is the second half of it!

Coca-Cola Red is a super duper uber bright vibrant straight out red. Basically the iconic Coca-Cola red as the name speaks for itself. This polish has absolute awesome formula. One coat is 90% opaque, you could get away with one careful coat but two does the best job. Here is two coats with G&G HK Girl top coat.

(Under artificial lighting)

Coca-Cola red reminds me of two things; Christmas and Singapore Airline's Stewardess' iconic red nails.

(Outdoors in shade)

Get Cherried Away is a deep royal-purple plum shade which is so special because I do not own many purple toned polishes. This shade is very very winter appropriate! The formula of GCA is perfect, an ease to apply.

On the first coat there was som visible nail line (VNL) however the second coat covered all up well. Under some lighting you could see more purple undertones while in others it looks like a deep maroon with more red showing. Swatches are in two coats with G&G HK Girl top coat.

(Under artificial lighting)

GCA is a really interesting color to me and it reminds me of red wine HAHA! Besides that, the clean up around the cuticles for this polish is (I must admit) very hard. Reds and purples are known to be hard for clean ups and to add on this polish is on the darker toned side which makes it harder!

Nonetheless, I still find this polish making me feel sophisticated with its rich color.

(Outdoors in shade)

Moving on to the last polish from this mini travel exclusive collection, is the one and only glitter polish. I must say that it is the only polish I was looking forward to! So, without any further ado let's get into it!

Today I Accomplished Zero is an glitter polish with a black base packed with ruby rich red

tiny and small hexagon pieces.

The first coat of polished made me very worried. The black base was so sheer I almost thought it would be a 4 - 5 coater. Luckily, it is opaque in 3 coats! Hence swatches to come are in three coats with G&G HK Girl top coat.

I must say that TIAZ is a very special and different kind of glitter polish. The red glitter is bright however not the overly bling type, which matches well with the dark black base. Really do like this combination.

(Under artificial lighting)

I have actually used this polish once prior to swatching in my Halloween nail art and in that manicure, I used it over a black base and another glitter polish. I was more pleased when swatching to find out that it could be used without a black base color first. I think it is better on it's own as the red glitter will be more dense as compared to layering one coat over black.

(Outdoors in shade)

Well, of course glitters do not just go off my post without a macro *winks* So ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the macro shot!!

(Outdoors in shade)

Overall, I do like this collection quite a lot as there are more unusual colors compared to my usual blues. I might just have a slightly more liking for reds already LOL! What do you think of them? Let me know on my social networks below :)

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Hello there dear reader!

Today I have a long post on an OPI collection! And it is the Coca-Cola Collection! My Dad got me this travel exclusive mini collection form the airport when he returned from a business trip, how sweet ^^

There are six polishes in this travel exclusive collection. To my knowledge, the original Coca-Cola OPI Collection has nine shades, so this is like the smaller version. Well, first of all, I would like to admire the packaging, it's so cute and so iconic! The red just does it all~

Now, let's move on to individual polishes!

You're So Vain-illa is a creme nude with hints of brown-ish and yellow-ish undertones. It's formula was better than I expected, a tad streaky on first coat but leveled well on the second. This polish does reminds me of OPI - My Vampire is Buff, could be an almost-dupe for it actually! Here's two coats with Glisten & Glow's HK Girl topcoat.

(Under artificial lighting)

(Outdoors in shade)

Turn On the Haute Light is rather sheer on the first coat, however was opaque in two coats. The formula was on the average side, however still very workable.

This soft silver is rather chrome-metallic but not too over, which is nice. It also dries matte but as I put over a top coat, there isn't much change which was really great cause I preferred the original finish.

(Under artificial lighting)

I must say that TOTHL is nothing like anything in my stash. I am really impressed that there were some visible reflections from my nails and that this silver doesn't show any ridges and imperfections like brush strokes, that's a plus point!

And this swatch taken outdoors does give me the diet coke can feels! Super love!

(Outdoors in shade)

Sorry I'm Fizzy Today is a coral-ish pink creme that is surprisingly so bring that it is almost a neon! I really was pleasantly surprised by this polish! The first coat was rather hard to apply, however all was great by the second. I still think you can go for a third, you know just in case ;)

I must say that I stared at my nails longer than I should haha! It dries glossy and with a top coat made it even more glossy! Totally would rock this color more, it is so flattering to wear this!